The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-11-18

eomposedIy on the bunk. Uncle Jimm,
e CROPPED his way TO him, and kneeling
b rested his head and shoulders on thu
c blankets. Then the hands of those an
{ cient enemies met. and chung in firm.
locked clasp. rcassuring each 10 each a:
: they waited for the end.
To Jimmy, visit to the camp was a
T welcome break in the monotony Of life on
Silver Mountain, and his step was ac-
cordingly light as he prodded the jack
down the drifted trail with the pointed
end Of the scrub-oak stick that served him
alike for staff and goad.
As he progressed downward, frosty
clouds passed between him and the sun.
giving the air sudden chill as their
shadows aarkened the sparkling surface
Of the snow. The summit was lost to
view, and, driven by the wind, snow be-
gan TO fly, coming partly from the clouds
and partly from the drifts above. Jimmy,
however, was used to these mountain
- squalls, and knew that, as long as the
nimble-footed jack could keep the trail,
he was safe to follow
A mile or less from the cabin the trail
made an abrupt bend around a granite
crag. Firn-bedded in the mountain,
this thrust its tapering pinnacle to the
tops Of the surrounding p-nes. Where
the trail Rugged its base there had been
a ''catchn of soft sand conglomerate
which, worn away by action of frost and
air, had gradually dropped out and been
washed down the slope, leaving shelly
ing recess
Just as Jimmy reached this recess he
eneounteged Sam Trail, coming upward.
The two ininiical jacks, brought sud-
denly face to face, alike laid long ears
back and breathed forth defiance in
trumpet notes that woke the echoes of
the mountain deiles. Behind each pug
naciors little beast his equally pugnacious
driver halted squarely in the middle of
the narrow trail.
''Turn cut p cried Sam Trail, in such
tone that Jimmy would have shot both
jacks hesd-frst down the slope rather
than have complied. Turn out, and
let my jack hug the rock"
Turn out yo'selfl" retorted Jimmy.
MY jacks got as good right TO the in
side as yourn. Everybody turns to the
right, and I'm a-goin' TO. .
THE pack II tip my jack over the
slope ef take the outside" replied Sam,
s-and 1 amt a-roin, TO do it,
Both boys and beasts were bv this
time half-blinded by the snow, which
was being sucked around the crag and
whirled in their faces By therising wind
Their passions kept pace with its fury
Each Jack stood ready to rush open
mouthed: each driver got n irmer grasp
on his oak stick and made forward
stride.
Just then, half broken by the wind.
came the sound Of muffied thunder from
il. from Immediately above them. came a
crnnching noise that caused the uplifted
sticks 10 be held in air.
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